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Show FEDERAL BOARD MIKES EFFORT TO WD SERVICE ME! The Federal Board for Vocational Education is making eery effort to help the wounded and disabled service ser-vice men to get. special training along vocational lines, so that they mav overcome the handicap caused by-wounds by-wounds received in fighting in the recent re-cent war. With this object in view, the following follow-ing letter has been received by Mayor Browning . The Honorable Mayor. ' Ogden, Utah. "Dear Sir: You received from the Federal Board for Vocational Education Educa-tion recently a communication asking for cooperation in an effort to reach every handicapped veteran entitled to re-education. "For your Information and that of such men as may apply to you for information in-formation on the subject, the following follow-ing instructions are en en "Your community comes under the supervision of District Office No. 11. the district officer being Mr. H. Allen Nye, at 400 Mercantile Bldg., Denver, Colorado. ' E en soldier, sailor, or marine who suffered a permanent handicap because of his service is entitled to training, provided such disability was incurred in the military or naval service ser-vice of the United States, or was in curred or aggravated by such service. Any man who thinks he is entitled to this training need only apply, cither directly, through the mayor, or through others, to the district officer mentioned above, setting forth the nature na-ture of his disability, and he will receive re-ceive prompt attention at the hands of this official. "The Federal Board for Vocational Education must confine its activities within the limits of the law as amended amend-ed by congress on July 11 last The duties and limitations of the board In its dealings with the disabled soldiers may be summed up in the following manner- "The fe'deral board can: 1 Provide training for men whose disabilities due to service prohibit their return to their old jobs. . i iwviuc i ii i eiiinutr iui f u 11 men while in training 3. Prnido allowance for families of such men While in training 4. In addition to those pro ided for above, furnish free tuition ot men whose disabilities do not constitute a vocational handicap, hut who desire training for improvement and who have been deemed compensable by the bureau of war risk insurance. 5 Provide equipment, such as books, tools, etc. for men in training "If disabled men are still in array hospitals thev can obtain full infor Imation from the agent of the Federal Board for Vocational Education as-sicned as-sicned to the particular institution in w-hleh they are patients. "In most cases the man appn cd for training is Rent to the nearest col-h col-h ere, school, industrial plant, I hop, or factory tn their own town in which the training can be secured "Trusfinc that yon will find this information in-formation sufficient for your own needs and those of veterans of the war. and suggesting that this article he ?eni to the newspapers of ur community, I beg to remain, ' Sincerely your, "A G FIELD. "Agent of Information." |